SHUTDOWNHOOK_ESTABLISH(9) | Kernel Developer's Manual | SHUTDOWNHOOK_ESTABLISH(9)

# NAME

shutdownhook_establish, shutdownhook_disestablish — add or remove a shutdown hook

# SYNOPSIS

void *
shutdownhook_establish(void (*fn)(void *), void *arg);

void
shutdownhook_disestablish(void *cookie);

# DESCRIPTION

The shutdownhook_establish API is deprecated.

The shutdownhook_establish() function adds fn to the list of hooks invoked by doshutdownhooks(9) at shutdown. When invoked, the hook function fn will be passed arg as its only argument.

The shutdownhook_disestablish() function removes the hook described by the opaque pointer cookie from the list of hooks to be invoked at shutdown. If cookie is invalid, the result of shutdownhook_disestablish() is undefined.

Shutdown hooks should be used to perform one-time activities that must happen immediately before the kernel exits. Because of the environment in which they are run, shutdown hooks cannot rely on many system services (including file systems, and timeouts and other interrupt-driven services), or even basic system integrity (because the system could be rebooting after a crash).

# RETURN VALUES

If successful, shutdownhook_establish() returns an opaque pointer describing the newly-established shutdown hook. Otherwise, it returns NULL.

# EXAMPLES

It may be appropriate to use a shutdown hook to disable a device that does direct memory access, so that the device will not try to access memory while the system is rebooting.

It may be appropriate to use a shutdown hook to inform watchdog timer hardware that the operating system is no longer running.

# SEE ALSO

doshutdownhooks(9)

# BUGS

The names are clumsy, at best.

May 14, 2009 | NetBSD 7.2